Because the immersion never stops
It’s another huge week here in Immersive-stan!
The VAULT Festival in London announced what’s in store for their 2019 fest; Sundance announced the programming for the New Frontier program in 2019; and V&A’s Game Design conference Parallel Worlds also announced their upcoming conference slate. And Secret Cinema announced their next London show will be James Bond-themed.
Plus: there’s a LEIA-presented Chained talkback happening in LA next week, a NoPro/Everything Immersive meetup in LA in January, Room Escape Artist’s fan shindig in Boston in December, and oh, we should tell you that our friends over at REA have just kicked off their Patreon (link below)!
But wait, there’s more: interviews from makers in Nashville, London, Amherst, Houston, Portland, Anaheim, and NYC, as well as the normal show listings and reviews.
Scroll on down for that, and so much more.
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ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK
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Just a few quick notes about events and the IDS application process this week. Back to a full episode next week as we round out the year.
LA: SAVE THE DATES!
Town Hall and ‘Chained’ Talkback presented by LEIA and Thymele Arts
When: December 10; doors at 7pm; programming at 7:30pm; Town Hall at 9pm
Where: Thymele Arts, 5481 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90029
Price: $5
Tags: #immersivetheatre, #virtualreality, #talkback, #townhall, #PresentedByLEIA
Presented by the League of Experiential and Immersive Artists (LEIA) and Thymele Arts:
Join creator Justin Denton and actors Michael Bates and Haylee Nichele as they talk about their process developing CHAINED: A VICTORIAN NIGHTMARE, the VR/theatre hybrid that is currently running in LA.
Justin brings years of experience making VR and mixed reality work for Hollywood studios and brands, while Haylee brings her craft from working with Punchdrunk and Third Rail Projects NYC, and Michael with LA’s own The Speakeasy Society.
Plus: meet and mingle and answer any burning questions you might have.
NoPro Live/Everything Immersive Meetup
When: January 5, 2019; podcast at 2pm; office hours at 3pm
Where: Two Bit Circus, 634 Mateo Street, Los Angeles, California 90021
Price: Free; food, drink, and activities for additional fee; seating is limited, please RSVP on Facebook
Tags: #meetup, #immersive, #podcast, #NoProTurns5
Join us under the Big Top at Two Bit Circus’ Club 01 for the first ever NOPRO LIVE!
This special edition of the podcast will be taped in front of a LIVE studio audience: YOU!
Host Noah Nelson will be on hand along with LA Editor Anthony Robinson, and special guests in a totally different format from anything we’ve done before. This SPECIAL EPISODE commemorates the FIFTH ANNIVERSARY of the founding of NoPro and the FIRST ANNIVERSARY of the IMMERSIVE DESIGN SUMMIT.
Then: after the show is over we’re sliding into Office Hours mode, with Club 01 as our base of operations and all of Two Bit to hang out in.
Meet fellow fans and creators as we kick off 2019 right!
BOSTON: SAVE THE DATE!
FROM THE WIRE: SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES
Amherst, MA: Crime and Villainy in Pioneer City
Anaheim, CA: The Psych Ward
Atlanta: Candytopia; Frankenstein’s Ball: An Immersive New Year’s Eve Event
Houston: LIONSHARE
LA: Zoo Lights; Descanso Gardens’ Enchanted: Forest of Light
Lexington, KY: Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at Waveland
Minneapolis: Candytopia
Raleigh: The Gift of the Magi
San Francisco: LMNL by Onedome; Fury; Night Bloom
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REVIEWS
From No Proscenium:
Second Star to the Right, and Straight On ’Til ‘Shadowplay’ (The NoPro Review)Ticking Clock Theatre takes us deep into author J.M. Barrie’s mindnoproscenium.comWaltz Into the Holidays with ‘The Nutcracker Suite’ (Review)The American Contemporary Ballet brings the holiday classic to life in an immersive-ish way.noproscenium.com‘Menagerie D’arte’, a Dance Cabaret Celebrating Womanhood (Review)An inspiring collaboration of a choreographer and a fashion designer blend styles in exploration of the performance of…noproscenium.com
STORIES
From NoProscenium.com and our Twitter feed:
The Immersive 5 with Owen Kingston of Parabolic TheatreAn interview with one of the creators behind ‘For King and Country’ and ‘For King and Country: D-Day’noproscenium.comTalking the ‘Lionshare’ with Houston’s Jeromy Barber (Q&A)The Kickstarter for Dinolion’s next immersive wraps this weeknoproscenium.comInside ‘The Wandmaker’s House’ with Laura E. Hall (Q&A)We chat with the author and puzzle/escape room designer about Portland’s newest immersive experiencenoproscenium.comThe Sci-Fi-Infused ‘OtherWorld Encounter’ Hatches in Nashville (Q&A)We interview Artistic Director Jamie Whitlow about the upcoming exhibitnoproscenium.comTrust, Betrayal, Madness, Fun: Madison Rhoades talks ‘The Psych Ward’ (Q&A)One half of Anaheim’s Cross Roads Escape Games duo chats about their latestnoproscenium.comGather Around a ‘CAMPFIRE’ at the End of the World (Q&A)A conversation with dance-theatre show’s co-creators, Tony Bordonaro and Ingrid Kapteynnoproscenium.comEscape Room Course Brings Together Game Design and Theatre in Amherst (Q&A)We interview two professors at Hampshire College about their collaborationnoproscenium.comInside ‘Immersive Gatsby,’ the Longest-Running Immersive Show in the UK (Q&A)We chat about producer Brian Hook about the hit show based upon F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novelnoproscenium.comI Ate at a Virtual Reality Restaurant and ... It's the Future?Tokyo's Tree by Naked is one of the most transfixing dining experience in the world.www.foodandwine.comSecret Cinema 2019 theme announced as James Bond for new immersive spectacularSecret Cinema have announced their latest 2019 show, and this year the theme is none other than James Bond. It'll open…www.mirror.co.ukBreakthrough Agency of the Year: Giant Spoon Stirs the Industry With Epic Activations and…Giant Spoon, Adweek's Breakthrough Creative Agency of the Year, has been steadily turning out striking work since its…www.adweek.comVAULT Festival 2019London's biggest, boldest and bravest arts and entertainment festival returns in 2019 from January 23 to March 17 in…vaultfestival.comVR is more than an Empathy Machine; it’s a Memory MachineInstead of telling a story, give the audience an adventuremedium.comRLAB - Newsletter SignupNew York City's home for VR and AR, spatial computing and related technologieswww.rlab.nyc2019 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: NEW FRONTIER LINEUP ANNOUNCEDPark City, UT - Sundance Institute spotlights work at the dynamic crossroads of film, art and technology with the New…www.sundance.orgCan an 'Instagram museum' have phone-free moments? 29Rooms gives it a shot.I got so up close and personal with a fake rock wall at Refinery29's experiential pop-up, 29Rooms, that fuzzy little…mashable.comParallel Worlds 2019 - A Conference on Videogame Design and Culture * V&A BlogParallel Worlds 2019 - Speaker Line Up Robin Baumgarten - Experimental Game Designer Robin Baumgarten is a German Indie…www.vam.ac.ukVoices of VR PodcastDesigning impossible architecture in VR is changing how Andreea Cojocaru designs real buildings, and she's reveling in…voicesofvr.com
From David & Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist:
“We are excited to have joined NoPro on Patreon! Thank you, NoPro, for the support in setting this up and for being our very first backer. Thank you to the NoPro supporters who are already backing our us too and supporting our efforts to build a community of players and creators that will sustain the escape room industry for the future.”
From Laura E. Hall, author and escape room/puzzle designer:
“From Mimic XR (@mimic_xr), a proprietary scanning method allows for AR with photorealistic reactions to environmental lighting. Looks so good it seems fake, but it’s not. Hope to someday see this tech used for experimental art and games.”
From Ricky Brigante, pseudonym productions:
“After recovering from the 6-week insanity that was #NOFILTER and a 2-week turkey hangover, this week our pseudonym productions team officially begun development on our next experience(s). For now, that statement remains intentionally vague.”
“As we reach the two year anniversary of the Ghost Ship tragedy, this story is well worth reading as a continued reminder of why we as experience designers must always keep the safety of our guests as our top priority.”
From Lance Weiler of the Columbia Digital Storytelling Lab:
“In 2019, I’ll be opening a new immersive storytelling experience in NYC and LA. An investigate podcast meets immersive theatre meets an escape room. Where There’s Smoke is the most personal and vulnerable work I’ve ever attempted to make.”
“An amazing story about Ed Smith and his Imagination Machine. A long but inspiring read about determination and innovation set in the early 80s gaming Industry.”
From Damian Madray, Presence:
“This episode of EXPDSN features Paul Bulencea, co-founder of the College of Extraordinary Experiences and Jean Philippe Rosier, founder Perestroika.
We will be diving into designing transformational learning experiences. We will be exploring questions around the importance of immersive and experiential learning, the core principals we can use to design experiential learning that enables people to transform themselves and experience design tools can we use to make learning environments as immersive as possible.”
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